NEW DELHI: Education among women has a direct impact on fertility — a fact emphasised in the latest Sample Registration System Statistical Report that showed that even as India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) declined to 1.9 in 2023, continuing to be below the replacement level of 2.1, it is a high 3.3 for illiterate women…
PM Narendra Modi (File – ANI) New Delhi: As a three-day first ever international conference on “Reclaiming India’s Knowledge Legacy Through Manuscript Heritage” began at Vigyan Bhawan today, the govt seeks to pave the way for building an “alliance” of stakeholders, institutions and private custodians of manuscripts from across India under the ambitious “Gyan Bharatam”…
BJP’s CR Kesavan and Congress leader Udit Raj (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit back hard at Congress leader Udit Raj on Thursday after he drew parallels between Nepal’s dramatic political upheaval and India, also citing Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as examples. BJP leader CR Kesavan called the remarks “dangerous” and…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday took a sharp swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for “bending” the “retirement at the age of 75.”In a social media post on X, Congress MP Manickam Tagore said that the “famous 75-year retirement rule is not a principle, just a tool.”“Advani ji at 75:…
New Delhi: Accusing EC of show-causing Pawan Khera out of vendetta, Congress Wednesday said the poll watchdog did not do its duty of changing the address and the voting card of the party spokesman for eight years after an application for transfer was duly filed in 2017, and for which a receipt is with the…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday defended the constitutional scheme conferring discretion on governors on bills, and said for the last 55 years it has worked smoothly with the heads of states assenting to 94% of over 17,000 bills presented to them and withholding assent only to 20 bills.Presenting statistics on bills presented to governors…
NEW DELHI: A five-judge bench of Supreme Court led by CJI B R Gavai on Wednesday repelled suggestions that the Constitution should not lean too much towards the Centre to maintain its federal character and said our Constitution had become stronger and stood the test of time despite internal and external disturbances.CJI Gavai cited examples…
NEW DELHI: The mystery over cross-voting from the opposition camp for NDA nominee CP Radhakrishnan took an interesting turn a day after the vice-presidential election as a BJP MP and minister on Wednesday thanked some INDIA bloc MPs for voting for the govt candidate. This prompted Congress to ask whether cross-voting was because of the…
NEW DELHI: In a precursor to ordering a pan-india special revision of electoral roll (SIR), EC on Wednesday met the chief electoral officers (CEOs) of all states and UTs to assess their preparedness in terms of records of the last intensive revision and the status of current voter’s list, besides hearing their suggestions on the…
Actor Abhishek Bachchan moves Delhi HC to protect his publicity, NEW DELHI: Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan on Wednesday approached the Delhi high court, seeking protection of his publicity and personality rights, and requesting that websites and platforms be restrained from using his image, likeness, persona, and fake videos, including sexually explicit content. Justice Tejas Karia…
